MUMBAI: The Income Tax (I-T) investigation wing is conducting searches on several premises in Mumbai and other locations in connection with BMC’s Covid scam during the pandemic, mainly supply of oxygen at inflated rates.I-T officials included the premises of the contractors in the search.It was alleged that BMC had paid Rs 140 crore to a contractor for oxygen procurement and supply during the pandemic...
PALGHAR: At least four Bangladeshi nationals were arrested for allegedly cheating people under the pretext of selling foreign currencies at a discount in the city. They handed them blank papers resembling banknotes, police said on Wednesday. The accused, including two women, are found to be living in India without valid documents, senior police inspector (crime branch) Pramod Badakh said. !(function(f,...
MUMBAI: The EOW probing alleged financial irregularities in the Rs 6.37 crore ‘khichdi for migrant labourers’ scam during the Covid pandemic has summoned Sandeep Raut, brother of Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Sanjay Raut, on Friday. EOW issued summons to Sandeep to join the probe. An EOW source said Sandeep had allegedly received some money in his account. “We’ve called Sandeep and will question him in...
NEW DELHI: BJP on Wednesday claimed that chief minister Arvind Kejriwal was the "kingpin" of the alleged liquor scam, adding that the CM was coming closer to "handcuffs".Party spokesperson Gaurav Bhatia claimed that Dinesh Arora, one of the accused in the case, had told the probe agency that he had paid a bribe to Kejriwal. "Arora has admitted that he paid Rs 32 lakh as a bribe to Kejriwal by a cheque...
NEW DELHI: A Delhi court on Tuesday allowed Raghav Magunta, son of YSR Congress Party Lok Sabha MP Magunta Srinivasulu Reddy, and Delhi-based businessman Dinesh Arora to turn approver in a money laundering case linked to the alleged Delhi excise policy scam.Special Judge MK Nagpal pardoned both Magunta and Arora and directed them to cooperate with the investigation and disclose all information they have...
THANE: sentatA cyberfraudster has been booked for allegedly draining Rs 7.7 lakh from the account of a 29-year-old banker after luring him in a part time job of ‘promoting and subscribing YouTube videos’. The police said the victim, a resident of Budhaji Nagar, was lured by a woman who had sent him a message about a part time job on WhatsApp. The scamster told him that she is from a ‘private...
KOLKATA: A missed call scam involving an international pay-per-call number, that has been in existence since 2018, seems to have reared its head again in the country with a couple of netizens receiving such calls.However, even as no police complaint has been filed, cyber experts in the city have warned users to be wary about responding to calls from odd numbers.It's known as Madagascar scam, where calls...
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